The National Geographic Magazine
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Frank Hurley
In Springtime the Arid Hills Are Spread with Carpets of Glorious Color
During the short-lived early spring the desert is bedecked with dazzling gardens of lupines, anemones, daisies,
and poppies which none but the lonely wanderer ever sees. But soon the hills grow stark under the scorch of
summer.
Eastern Trans-Jordan is largely desert. Most vegetation lies near the Jordan River and Dead Sea.
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